I. Introduction to Psychology

    A. Definition of Psychology

        1. Components Of The Definition

                a. Science

                b. (Overt) Behavior

                c. Mental Processes (covert behavior)

        2. Goals

                a. Basic Research (describe; understand; predict)

                b. Applied Research (control)

        3. Comparative & Individual Scope

                a. Humans

                b. Animals

                c. Cultures & Contexts

        4. Flavors of Psychologists

                a. Scientists (Basic & Applied)

                b. Scientists Continued: Research-Practitioner Model

                c. Practitioners & Health Care Providers

                d. Educators

        5. Psychology & Ethics

    B. Psychology's Emergence As A Science

        1. The First Psychology Experiments (1800s)

                a. Fechner: Father of Experimental Psychology

                b. Donders: Stages of Thought - Subtraction Method

                c. Significance (especially of Psychophysics)

        2. The First Definition Of Psychology

                a. Wundt, Titchener, & Structuralism

                b. Ebbinghaus: Studying Higher-Order Processes

                c. Külpe: Imageless Thought Controversy

                d. Watson: A Science Of Psychology Needs Postivism

        3. Reactions

                a. James & Dewey: Functionalism (USA Pragmatics)

                b. Watson: Pragmatics & Postivism = Behaviorism

                c. Freud & The Unconscious: Psychoanalysis

        4. Modern Approaches

                a. Diverse

                b. Eclectic

                c. Dominant Themes

                                i. Cognitivism

                                ii. Methodological Behaviorism

                                iii. Cognitive Neuroscience